tags: kde

To restart the Plasma shell: (from [this askubuntu](https://askubuntu.com/questions/481329/can-i-restart-the-kde-plasma-desktop-without-logging-out) answer by Korcia):

In KDE 4, you can do:
```bash
killall plasma-desktop #to stop it
kstart plasma-desktop #to restart it
```

In KDE 5 use:
```bash
killall plasmashell #to stop it
kstart plasmashell #to restart it
```

In KDE > 5.10 use:
```bash
kquitapp5 plasmashell
kstart5 plasmashell
```
Sometimes plasmashell is not responding so `kquitapp5` fails after a timeout and you have to get back to `killall`. So in a nutshell, I would do :

```bash
# For KDE 4
killall plasma-desktop && kstart plasma-desktop

# For KDE 5 < 5.10
killall plasmashell && kstart plasma-desktop

# For KDE > 5.10
kquitapp5 plasmashell || killall plasmashell && kstart5 plasmashell
```

If you are not sure which KDE version your run, `kinfocenter --version` will tell you.

You can skip the `kquitapp5 plasmashell ||` part if you don't want to be stuck in the timeout when plasmashell is not responding.